Playing devils advocate, I'm wondering what is genuinely wrong with it other than it's sad for parents to see children less innocent in those years?

For me, it's just not appropriate content for kids that age. I'm assuming there must have been parental agreement in all of this, and for the life of me I do not understand why any parent would agree to have their child doing this. It's like these Beauty Pagents for kids in the US - I mean what's that all about?

For me, it's just not appropriate content for kids that age. I'm assuming there must have been parental agreement in all of this, and for the life of me I do not understand why any parent would agree to have their child doing this. It's like these Beauty Pagents for kids in the US - I mean what's that all about?

Oh right... I was actually asking the question about children being like that in reality.

But in regards to the acting, well there isn't anything sexual, just innocent puppy love or whatever you call it. So I don't see a problem there.

Beauty pageants are a product of the society at large - over-sexualization of children at a young age combined with the fact that we basically love to reinforce the idea that a woman/girl's worth is based on their attractiveness (however that attractiveness is defined).

Beauty pageants are a product of the society at large - over-sexualization of children at a young age combined with the fact that we basically love to reinforce the idea that a woman/girl's worth is based on their attractiveness (however that attractiveness is defined).

Is it mainstream America? I was hoping that awful part of society was on the fringe.

General question:How old were you when you had your first crush, and what did you do about it?

I was in year 5 of primary school so not sure what age that would be, maybe 11? I would just follow the girl and shout rude things at her with my friend. I was a nasty piece of work but I blame the bad influence of my friend.

I was in year 5 of primary school so not sure what age that would be, maybe 11? I would just follow the girl and shout rude things at her with my friend. I was a nasty piece of work but I blame the bad influence of my friend.

I was about 8 years old. His name was Gordon, and we would chase each other around the playground. When we caught each other, we would punch each other in the stomach.The rules in the playground were if you managed to catch/be caught, that meant you were "girlfriend and boyfriend."

I was maybe 11 at the time...he was tall,really good-looking,and really nice to me.We'd play games for hours together.Didn't really do anything about,though I'm pretty sure I planned our wedding at least twice!

He's still really tall,really good-looking and really nice-but he came out a couple of years ago now,so I can't see that carefully planned wedding in our future!